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Efficiency of
risk management measures for emission reduction under REACH
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Commissioned by:
German Federal Environment Agency (FKZ 3711 63 419)
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Carried out by:
Institute for Environmental Strategies, Hamburg
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Duration:
2011 - 2013
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| Background and tasks |
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| Substance manufacturers and importers identify the safe operational conditions (OCs) and risk management measures (RMMs) in the chemical safety assessment and communicate them along the supply chain with the safety data sheet. |
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| Formulators develop respective information for mixtures based on the information they obtain. Frequently they have better knowledge of the actual practice at the end users’ than the manufacturers and importers, including the used risk management measures. They should develop concise and practical advice for the safe use to their customers. |
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| RMMs can be divided into three distinct steps, which don’t necessarily are physically separated in the existing installations and devices: |
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- Capturing emissions (e.g. exhaust ventilation)
- Pre-treatment of emissions (e.g. concentration, separation) and
- Final treatment (e.g. incineration, landfilling)
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| The efficiency of each step may differ significantly depending on the type of treated substance, the composition of the mixtures or the physical-chemical properties of the emission. In addition, the efficiency of measures for capturing and pre-treatment of emissions may be different across sectors and used processes. |
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| Manufactures, importers and formulators need support to develop useful information for their customers with regard to the selection of RMMs and estimation of their efficiency under realistic use conditions, which is currently not available in the ECHA guidance documents. |
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| Objectives and expected results
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| The aim of the project is to develop a concept for a support instrument for manufacturers, importers and particularly formulators to facilitate the selection of RMMs, including realistic assumptions on their emission reduction efficiency. The substance specificity and factors potentially disturbing the regular functioning of measures should be identified and described. |
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| The expected results of the project are: |
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- Proposal of a table format to describe RMMs in a modular way with regard to their nature and efficiency. In the table, the substance groups for which the RMM works well will be indicated as well as factors that influence the efficiency of the measure.
- Detailed information on RMMs in the table form for three industry sectors
- Case studies from three sectors illustrating factors that influence the efficiency of RMMs
- Recommendations on criteria that could be used by authorities to check whether or not the selected RMMs and their assumed efficiency are adequate.
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| The project will end with an international expert workshop. |
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| Contact |
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| Dirk Jepsen |
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| Olaf Wirth |
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| Antonia Reihlen |
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